diff --git a/include/sys/dbuf.h b/include/sys/dbuf.h
index e69464809a42..49f98765a940 100644
--- a/include/sys/dbuf.h
+++ b/include/sys/dbuf.h
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ dbuf_dirty_record_t *dbuf_dirty_lightweight(dnode_t *dn, uint64_t blkid,
 boolean_t dbuf_undirty(dmu_buf_impl_t *db, dmu_tx_t *tx);
 int dmu_buf_get_bp_from_dbuf(dmu_buf_impl_t *db, blkptr_t **bp);
 int dmu_buf_untransform_direct(dmu_buf_impl_t *db, spa_t *spa);
-arc_buf_t *dbuf_loan_arcbuf(dmu_buf_impl_t *db);
 void dmu_buf_write_embedded(dmu_buf_t *dbuf, void *data,
     bp_embedded_type_t etype, enum zio_compress comp,
     int uncompressed_size, int compressed_size, int byteorder, dmu_tx_t *tx);
diff --git a/module/zfs/dbuf.c b/module/zfs/dbuf.c
index 5212751f9a63..28f744c6a467 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dbuf.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dbuf.c
@@ -1273,33 +1273,6 @@ dbuf_alloc_arcbuf(dmu_buf_impl_t *db)
 	return (arc_alloc_buf(spa, db, DBUF_GET_BUFC_TYPE(db), db->db.db_size));
 }
 
-/*
- * Loan out an arc_buf for read.  Return the loaned arc_buf.
- */
-arc_buf_t *
-dbuf_loan_arcbuf(dmu_buf_impl_t *db)
-{
-	arc_buf_t *abuf;
-
-	ASSERT(db->db_blkid != DMU_BONUS_BLKID);
-	mutex_enter(&db->db_mtx);
-	if (arc_released(db->db_buf) || zfs_refcount_count(&db->db_holds) > 1) {
-		int blksz = db->db.db_size;
-		spa_t *spa = db->db_objset->os_spa;
-
-		mutex_exit(&db->db_mtx);
-		abuf = arc_loan_buf(spa, B_FALSE, blksz);
-		memcpy(abuf->b_data, db->db.db_data, blksz);
-	} else {
-		abuf = db->db_buf;
-		arc_loan_inuse_buf(abuf, db);
-		db->db_buf = NULL;
-		dbuf_clear_data(db);
-		mutex_exit(&db->db_mtx);
-	}
-	return (abuf);
-}
-
 /*
  * Calculate which level n block references the data at the level 0 offset
  * provided.
@@ -5386,7 +5359,6 @@ dbuf_write(dbuf_dirty_record_t *dr, arc_buf_t *data, dmu_tx_t *tx)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dbuf_find);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dbuf_is_metadata);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dbuf_destroy);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dbuf_loan_arcbuf);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dbuf_whichblock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dbuf_read);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dbuf_unoverride);